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I never turn my nose up at beer if someone offers it to me, but I think that's just courtesy. I've drank a lot of PBR at trailheads because people offered them. I have no problem drinking macro lagers. I drink Bud at the golf course because it's either that or Bud lite, or, heaven forbid, water. What kind of a jerk drinks water while they golf?

s*** beer is s*** beer, it has no appeal for me. But hey, it looks good on you major. Personally, I'd prefer muddy hoof water to MHL. (nobody gets my references to True Grit or the Temperance Movement)

If your pineapple pizza is soggy you need to find a better pizzaria!

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I went on a 3-day trip this summer and thought long and hard about bringing some Torpedo or Furious in cans, but decided to pack some dry goods instead...

That said, if I was going to pack in booze, I'd go for a flask of port. A buddy of mine brought some on last year's canoe Manventure, and it was awesome at any time of the day. Just smooth, rich, delicious and boozy.

That link looks like total BS to me! Not enough info to make a true judgment though.

Just wondering if you can actually claim back-country on an island anymore?

The island I live on, Hawaii Island (aka the Big Island) is the size of Connecticut. 85% of the island is inaccesable by car. 65% is only accessable on foot or by helicopter. The island contains the largest mountain in the world (Mauna Loa - an active volcano) which is also the tallest mountain in the world when measured from its base to its peak. The island is comprised of 5 volcanoes, one extinct, one dormant, two active, and one erupting (the one I live on - Kilauea)

There are 13 climatic zones in the world. Hawaii Island has 11 of those 13 climatic zones.

When I travel across the island from Hilo to Kona I take the Saddle Road which crosses the saddle between Mauna Kea (13,796ft.) and Mauna Loa (13,679ft.). I go from sea level to the high spot on the Saddle Rd. in 45 minutes. That high spot is at 7,369ft, which is higher than the Flatirons in Boulder.

I thought about living in Colorado, but decided it is too urban for me (and WAAAY to f-ing cold!).

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boiled peanuts are ambrosia, they especially do it right in Georgia. But I can not abide pineapples on a pizza. Ever.

Granted, I'm sticking up for sh!t beer more than I have a heart to drink it, but I'll take an MGD over a pineapple pizza an day.

And to all you naysayers, I guarandamntee you that if you had been in 90-100 degree heat for 3-4 days on bone dry mountains and you were handed a dripping wet, ice cold beer .... ANY BEER .... you'd drink it. And for most of you pansy boys I bet the circumstances would,'t even need to half ... no, a quarter as tuff.

Granted, I'm sticking up for sh!t beer more than I have a heart to drink it, but I'll take an MGD over a pineapple pizza an day.

A small-batch IPA is not inherently better than a macro lager. If you like one better than the other, that's fine, but that's just like, your opinion, man. I wish my opinions were objectively true, but I can't prove them yet. In the meantime I'll keep telling people YDIW.